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Travel Filmmaking Quick Tips
January 22, 2017
In it’s most simple form, filmmaking is story-telling. With a few simple techniques everyone can record and tell compelling stories. Camera Care It is important to keep the camera in a safe and dry place. I kept mine in a camera bag in a dry bag in the trailer. Take a spare battery. I took the standard battery as well as an additional high capacity battery. How to hold / fix Use the strap so you don’t drop it.
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The Performance Lab - Conditioning, Strength and Martial Arts Training Youtube Videos
January 22, 2017
I am lucky enough to have been able to train with Stewart Lovejoy for the last couple of years. He is a long term martial artist and fitness expert and really knows his stuff. He has started a Youtube channel and shares his conditioning, strength and martial arts training exercises and routines. More available on the Youtube Channel
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Have you Traveled to Armenia?
January 8, 2017
Originally written 2009, updated 2017. Armenia is a country is the Caucasus with Turkey to the west, Iran to the south and Azerbaijan to the east. It is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. The huge freshwater lake Sevan, one of the biggest in the world after Lake Baikal in Russia. A large area of the country is mountainous with grasslands and steppe. The highest point is Mount Aragats (4095m) .
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British Army 58 Pattern Poncho Review
January 8, 2017
This army poncho was purchase from eBay. Features Issued to British troops up until the late 90’s 58 pattern poncho design Draw cord on hood Press-stud fastening on sides Breathable (ish) Waterproof (to an extent) It has a hole in the centre to our your head through. It has drawstring pull cords to pull tight the material around your waist. How I used it I took it cycle touring as an alternative to a waterproof jacket.
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Shimano 8 Speed SL-M748 Mountain Bike Gear Shifters Review
January 8, 2017
8 speed is recommended for touring because the chain is wider and both the chain and cassette block should last longer. Which shifters are the best for running an 8 speed Shimano drivetrain? Here are the Shimano SL-M748 shifters. Features 8 speed Rapidfire SIS Aluminium housing Gear indicator Adjustable tension Shimano Wind touching the skin, sunlight streaming through the trees and wave patterns covering the water excite the hearts of people.
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Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II Lens Review
January 8, 2017
A zoom lens offering a high zoom ratio with magnification of 11.1x Features Zoom lock switch Compact Silent Wave Motor (SWM) Built-in Vibration Reduction (VR) provides the equivalent of a shutter speed 3.5 stops* faster Nikon Super Integrated Coating (SIC) adopted Two focus modes M/A (manual-priority autofocus) and M (manual focus) Focal length 18-200mm Maximum aperture f/3.5-5.6, Minimum aperture f/22-36 Lens construction 16 elements in 12 groups (with two ED glass and three aspherical lens elements) Picture angle 76°-8° Closest focusing distance 0.
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Richard Holland - Skateboarder, Maker, Landrover
November 9, 2016
Richard Holland is a designer and artist who lives in Sweden. I spoke to him briefly over email about his most recent project, the Floda 31 art residency as I was potentially going to go over there and visit (although in the end I never did). Richard: We are making a sculptural snake run that take’s you on a journey from the field, through the forest and concludes in a panoramic of the surrounding landscape, this is being made for skateboarding and being funded by a global brand.
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Canyon Dude CF 9.0 Fatbike Mountain Bike
November 3, 2016
A quick blast on the Canyon mountain bikes website reveals this mad machine - the Canyon Dude - a kind of fatbike, hardtail mountain bike with suspension forks. The pure use case is ragging around everywhere and anywhere with an emphasis on horrible, wet, muddy UK conditions. Feature highlights Schwalbe Jumbo Jim 4.0” tyres Shimano SLX 10 speed shifters Shimano Deore XT Shadow Plus rear mech Carbon fibre fatbike frame Specialist DT Swiss BR 2250 fatbike wheels Also available in a version with a carbon fork instead of a suspension fork This bike defies conventions.
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5 Uses for the Google Cardboard VR Headset
October 25, 2016
Google Cardboard is a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google for use with a head mount for a smartphone. Named for its fold-out cardboard viewer, the platform is intended as a low-cost system to encourage interest and development in VR. To use the platform, users run Cardboard-compatible applications on their phone, place the phone into the back of the viewer, and view content through the lenses. Play Games VR Games are steadily increasingly available in the app store.
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The Georiders Story - How to Set Up an Adventure Tour Business
October 23, 2016
Update 2017. Georidersmtb is no longer operating. I will write a full report of what happened with my experience setting up a mountain bike tour company in Georgia. Back in 2007 I was travelling by bike and ended up in the Republic of Georgia. Pedalling through Georgia around Christmas 2007, it was a beautiful but unfamiliar place with amazing varied landscape but clearly a lot of poverty and the fall out from a collapsed Soviet system.
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Kitesurfing Lessons and How to Look After Your Kitesurf Gear
October 23, 2016
Many former windsurf enthusiasts have now moved to kitesurfing which has grown immensely in popularity in recent years. I was attracted to kitesurfing by the minimalism of the gear compared with windsurfing and so I decided to take some lessons at the Kitesurf Centre at Camber Sands. The course lasted a few cold windy days and I took the train down to Rye from London and cycled down to the coast to the hut on the beach.
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Updated: Ways to travel on the cheap
October 23, 2016
Travelling is often seen as something for the rich. However, over the years travel has got cheaper. The majority of my ‘real’ travel experiences have been the cheapest ones and involved the bare minimal amount of money, living as close to a travelling hobo as possible. Saving up and generating cash Ask nicely for kit that you can test for a company - find the right person who deals with that sort of thing.